Blacking-box.



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BLAGKIN APPLICATION FILED AUG. 21, 1908.

Patented Aug. 24, 1909.

FJGURE 1 FIGURE 2 FIGURE 3 WW I FIGURE. 4

abhor/nu JOSEPH F. PINSON, 0F GREENWOOD, SOUTH CAROLINA.

BLAGKING-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 24., 1909.

Application filed August 21, 1908. Serial No. 449,627.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnri-r F. PINSON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Greenwood, in the county of Greenwood and State ofSouth Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBlacking-Boxes, of which the following is a full and completespecification.

My invention relates to boxes for holding shoe or stove blacking andkindred products, and has for its object the provision of improvementsconsisting of a projection on the cover of the box, and a leverpivotally mounted on the side of the box to engage the projection inopening the box to lift the cover, said lever lying on top of the coverwhen the box is not in use, so that it is out of the way for storage andtransportation.

My invention will be described in detail hereinafter and illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side view of ablacking-box showing my improved opener in side elevation and the coveron the box; Fig. 2, a similar view, showing the box uncovered and theopener used as a handle; Fig. 3, a top plan view of the box and cover;and Fig. a section of a modification.

In the drawings similar reference characters indicate the correspondingparts in the several views.

The blacking-box A is of the ordinary flat type in general use and hasthe tight-fitting cover B.

As is well known, one of the great disadvantages in the use of boxblacking is that the covers B have to be made so tight-fitting, toprevent evaporation of the moisture in the blacking, that the coversticks to the box and causes annoyance in opening, said sticking beingaugmented by blacking, adhering to the side of the box after using,drying and adhering to the box and cover and holding the cover fromremoval.

In my improved blacking-box I provide a lug or projection 1 on the lowerportion of mg lug on the box,

the box A below the line of the lower edge of the cover B when inposition and pivotally secure an L-shaped handle or lever 2 thereonthrough the short arm 2 of said lever. The cover B has a lip or flange 3extending laterally therefrom, said flange 3 being preferably madeintegral with the lower edge of the cover, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3,though it is obvious that it may be made separate from the cover andsoldered or otherwise secured thereto, as shown in Fig. 4.

It will be understood that when the cover is in position on the box thehandle or lever 2 lies on the top of the box, which may be provided witha groove or depression therein to receive it, if desired, so that ittakes up no room or space and is not likely to be thrown out of positionor wrenched off in handling. hen, however, it is desired to open thebox, the handle is swung upwardly from the cover causing the free end ofthe shorter arm 2* to engage the flange 3 and a continued swinging ofthe handle in the same direction will raise the cover from the box sothat it can be removed without difiiculty.

As shown in Fig. 2, the lever 2 is capable of use as a handle forlifting the box.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- In combination witha blaoking-box and cover, a lip on the cover, a radially-extendand anL-shaped lever pivotally secured to said lug and swinging radially ofthe box, one end of said lever engaging said lip when swung to open thebox, and the other end of the lever forming a handle to hold the boxwhen open and lylng flat on the cover when in position on the box.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

JOE F. PINSON.

I lVitnesses W. C. STRAWHORN, \VILBUR HAGAN.

